Olga Cristea
{{short description|Moldovan runner (born 1987)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Olga Cristea
| image = 2010 European Championships in Athletics 800 m (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cristea in 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|13}}
| birth_place = Chișinău, Moldova
| event = 800 metres
}}
Olga Cristea (born 13 December 1987) is a Moldovan runner who specializes in the 800 metres. Her personal best time is 2:00.12 minutes, achieved at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
She was born in Chişinău. She won the silver medal at the 2003 World Youth Championships and the gold medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships. She also competed at the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008, but without reaching the final.{{World Athletics}}
She received a two-year ban from the sport in July 2010 after testing positive for abnormal levels of testosterone.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Antidoping/SanctionedAthletes/05/61/97/20110125084319_httppostedfile_AthletescurrentlysuspendedJan2011_23315.pdf |title=Athletes Currently Suspended |publisher=IAAF |access-date=2011-01-28}}
Achievements
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colspan="6"|Representing {{MDA}} |
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2006
|bgcolor=gold|1st |800m |
rowspan=2|2009
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |800 m |
European U23 Championships
|8th |800m |
See also
References
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Category:athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:doping cases in athletics
Category:medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
Category:Moldovan female middle-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Moldova
Category:Athletes from Chișinău
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Moldova
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